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The bars flex like spaghetti when you get up on them for a sprint. And you have to keep them tight or midway up a hill you'll find yourself veering to the left or right. as for the lever, its 40's Schwinn so its period. I rarely use it though.

I was referring to the soma :D

shants

03-07-06 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by eddiebrannan

yeah! :beer:

risers with a drop stem are awesome

in all honesty, i'm pretty stoked about how that worked out functionally - aside from the hilarity of it. i needed to have the bars a bit lower because the top tube is short and i didn't want to be too upright. i could have gone with flat bars and a regular stem, but i like the slightly angled hand position that the risers gives me. the totally straight hand position on the flat bars annoys the **** out of me. also, flat bars are ugly.

mattface

03-07-06 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by shants

http://www.chemicalwarfare.net/~apra...gestone-01.jpg

the final version. i told you i'd do it.

My kids both like your bike.

mattface

03-07-06 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by onetwentyeight

Nice. Only thing I would change is the breaklever.. I prefer little mtn bike ones close to the stem... Your bike though, ride it how its comfortable for you. How do you like the major taylor bars?

I love the Major Taylors. todays ride was pretty short and casual, but I rode them on my last bike. They are mondo stiff, great for climbing, and I fnd the shape quite comfy. It's better with the tape wrapped like it is now I can get a good grip on the shoulders.

mattface

03-07-06 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by potus

is that a chopped brooks professional? me likey

It's a B-17 Champion Special. here's th thread where I talk about chopping it.
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=166513

dolface

03-07-06 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by shants

http://www.chemicalwarfare.net/~apra...gestone-01.jpg

the final version. i told you i'd do it.

you gotta come to sf for gay pride and ride it in the parade!

shants

03-07-06 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mattface

My kids both like your bike.

best praise ever.

drac_vamp

03-07-06 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dolface

you gotta come to sf for gay pride and ride it in the parade!

why stop there? stick around for the raver parade!

visitordesign

03-07-06 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by shants

http://www.chemicalwarfare.net/~apra...gestone-01.jpg

the final version. i told you i'd do it.

excellent. you put a zen on it! shazam.

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~scung...m/PoSHAZAM.gif

shants

03-07-06 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by visitordesign

excellent. you put a zen on it! shazam.

or, better, yet, shazzan!

http://www.tvacres.com/images/genie_shazzan_ring.jpg

ink1373

03-07-06 06:26 PM

shantzam?

sorry.

mattface

03-07-06 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by cabbagerwsb

My daddy gave me the bike for Christmas. He dug it out of the attic. He had bought it 20+ years ago because he thought the "high flange hubs looked cool" but he never did anything with it. His only stipulation when he gave it to me was, put a front brake it or he wouldn't let me bring it to Brooklyn. I gladly scrounged around his attic (the Fort Knox of bicycle parts) and came up with a 1940's era black Schwinn brake. Also up there I found some back Mathauser shoes for the brake, the old Super Champion 700C's, the white Hutchinson tires, and the Wrights swallow saddle (the original Brooks was way too soft and cracked). Everything else came original on a 1940's Schwinn Paramont. Ride it daily.

That bike is great! I love the bars and stem. I love that the parts are all period correct, and the condition of the finish is also period correct. It's nice to see an old bike that looks like it's been used as a bike for much of it's life instead of being collected and displayed like a museum piece.

juvi-kyle

03-07-06 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by dolface

you gotta come to sf for gay pride and ride it in the parade!

best praise ever

spud	03-07-06 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by juvi-kyle

best praise ever

hightop

03-07-06 11:04 PM

Skittle bike,.

kennethalan

03-08-06 12:09 AM

Shants, Stop being a ***** and get a different color wheel. Front or Rear, I don't care. You are ruining the whole bike with the matching wheel ****. Idiot.

bobdanger

03-08-06 12:09 AM

shants send that s**t to benetton for a photo shoot and get some dope mongolian wool sweaters.

salmonchild

03-08-06 03:51 AM

very nice build mattface.

and shants- i think there should be an award made for your bike on fgg.

jasonsan

03-08-06 05:57 AM

Hey shants, I still have a rainbow chain that I only rode for a few weeks. If you'd like it for that bike, lemme know.
I love it

Mike552

03-08-06 09:21 AM

4 Attachment(s)

Just adding mine to the collection:

jinx4

03-08-06 10:31 AM

^^^ what have you done to that 996??? CRAZY

WithNail

03-08-06 10:34 AM

that fixie is pretty nice... but this is a sad day for one of the most beautiful bikes ever designed.

why? just why?

jonb	03-08-06 10:49 AM

yeah damn a gucci'd out 996....

eddiebrannan

03-08-06 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by WithNail

that fixie is pretty nice... but this is a sad day for one of the most beautiful bikes ever designed.

why? just why?

omfg i just noticed (how i didn't before i have no idea).

man that's a ****ing awful thing to do. really

BostonFixed

03-08-06 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shants

the totally straight hand position on the flat bars annoys the **** out of me. also, flat bars are ugly.

Flat bars are available with sweep.

Deep drop stems and risers are utterly useless.

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